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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2005, 5:54 AM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2005, 5:54 AM CDT (10:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2005, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 4358 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1423 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 13.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 3, 4:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 4:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 448 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 .UPDATE... ZFP HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ACCOUNT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #382 EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10 AM CDT. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 254 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005/ SHORT TERM... ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY PROPAGATE EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH AT LEAST SUNRISE. CURRENT VAPOR IMAGERY DEPICTS THE POTENT MID/UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH AXIS IS LIFTING NORTHEAST OVER SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WESTERN TEXAS. STRONG FORCING FOR ASCENT/BAROCLINIC LEAF AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST OVER THE AREA AND ACT UPON HIGH THETA E AIR OVER THE AREA. LOW LEVEL FLOW HAS ALREADY VEERED BEHIND THE CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES OVER THE FAR WESTERN PARTS OF THE FA...AND EXPECT THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION TO BE OVER THE EASTERN FA THROUGH MIDDAY UNTIL THE TROUGH AXIS PASSES. POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WILL PERSIST. WILL DRAW LIKELY GRIDDED POPS OVER THE EASTERN BASIN FOR THE MORNING PERIOD WITH POPS DECREASING WITH TIME. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE CLOSER TO CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AND FALLING HEIGHTS. LONG TERM... DID NOT EDIT GRIDS IN THE LONG TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST GIVEN ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. CURRENT GRIDS SEEM TO ACCURATELY DEPICT ANTICIPATED CONDITIONS WITH AT LEAST ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION EXPECTED EACH DAY AS MID LEVEL TRANSITIONS FROM NEAR ZONAL TO SOUTHWESTERLY AND ALLOWS PERIODIC SHORTWAVES TO TRANSIT THE AREA. && .MAF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 06
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 9:51 PM CDT, 8 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 951 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 NMZ027>029-033-034-TXZ045>048-050>053-057>063-067>070-074-075- 079>082-258-040251- ANDREWS-BIG BEND AREA-BORDEN-CENTRAL LEA COUNTY-CRANE- DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA-DAWSON-ECTOR-EDDY COUNTY PLAINS-GAINES- GLASSCOCK-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY- HOWARD-LOVING-MARFA PLATEAU-MARTIN-MIDLAND-MITCHELL- NORTHERN LEA COUNTY-PECOS-PRESIDIO VALLEY-REAGAN- REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-SCURRY-SOUTHERN LEA COUNTY- TERRELL-UPTON-VAN HORN AND HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR-WARD-WINKLER- 951 PM CDT THU JUN 2 2005 (851 PM MDT THU JUN 2 2005) THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ACROSS ALL OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING ALONG AND EAST OF THE DRYLINE LOCATED FROM LEA COUNTY NEW MEXICO TO FORT STOCKTON TO EASTERN BREWSTER COUNTY. WITH MODERATE ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY AND ABUNDANT AMOUNTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IN PLACE...THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE SATURDAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY WILL PROVIDE A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MIDLAND CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT (LOWER CASE) HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIDLAND
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 228 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 TXZ050-030800- ANDREWS TX- 228 AM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN ANDREWS COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDREWS AT 228 AM CDT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL.. HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS STORM PASSES THROUGH ANDREWS BETWEEN 230 PM AND 300 AM CDT.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 5:17 AM CDT, 37 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Loving | 57 min |
| Jun 2, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 15 min |
| Jun 2, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 11:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Presidio | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves, Ward | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 11:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Terrell | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Gaines | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector, Winkler | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Presidio | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 12:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ward | 22 min |
| Jun 3, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster | 27 min |
| Jun 3, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 54 min |
| Jun 3, 1:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 61 min |
| Jun 3, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos | 49 min |
| Jun 3, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 23 min |
| Jun 3, 2:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 2:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Upton | 44 min |
| Jun 3, 2:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 4:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Upton | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reagan | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Eddy, Lea | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Lea | 58 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.